When harness racing gelding Prince Rashad (Rashad) received the fiftieth working of the Invercargill Cup in 1997, he turned the third pacer to win the race twice, becoming a member of Laser Lad and Blossom Woman.
The eight yr previous chestnut was owned by his coach Austin Stack, his spouse Miriam and her father Lex Thomas.After beginning off the 35 metre mark, driver Clark Barron moved ahead on the 1300 metre mark to problem chief Vanderel for the ultimate lap. Prince Rashad bought to the entrance 200 metres from the successful line to greatest Woman Emma by a neck with Determination Time a half a neck again in third.
The successful time for the 3200 metre journey was 4-04.2 with Prince Rashad working the journey publish to publish in 4-00.9, the final mile was reduce out in 1-59.9.
“When he heads a horse, he actually digs deep. It was an enormous effort of 35 metres. He’s an amazing horse,” Barron advised Southland Occasions reporter Jamie Searle.
The $25,000 Southland Occasions Invercargill Cup that yr was for M5 and sooner pacers. The successful stake was $16,250.
Different winners on the day had been: Titan Late (Marcus Hamilton), Darkish Recreation (Gil Shirley), Knight Vance (Tony Herlihy), Bo Scots Medley (Clark Barron), Spicy Atom (Allan Beck), Sensible Franco (Colin DeFilippi), Atitagain (Simon Pavlovich), Bundaberg Boy (Ali Malcolmson) and Jacinta Bret (Allan Beck).
The tote on the day for ten races dealt with $151,574 on-course and $1,007,708 off track.
Prince Rashad and Henry Skinner at Winton
Prince Rashad’s lifetime document was 108-21-16-6 and $202,378. His main wins had been within the Canterbury Traditional, Ashburton Cup and Invercargill Cup (2).
by Bruce Stewart, for Harnesslink
Prince Rashad 50th Invercargill Cup winner
